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Square Enix has issued a statement in response to our report on the closure of its mobile game publishing operations in India. As we reported earlier, Square Enix ceased its India operations this month, laying off all six employees at its Mumbai office in the process. That included Square Enix …

Xbox One will be available in Japan in September, according to Famitsu. The Microsoft console will arrive on September 4th and the platform holder has confirmed a number of titles will be heading to the country, although whether they will be available at launch is another matter. Those games include …

The release of the official game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been delayed in India. The game was originally set for release in India on 17th April, but will now release on 29th April. The reason for the delay is unknown. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is only …

Digital games spending in the US saw a significant year-on-year increase last month, analyst firm Superdata has announced. Superdata’s March 2014 report reveals the US digital games market brought in $936m in sales during the period, up 9 per cent from March 2013. The report points not to social and …

Naughty Dog has lost a second significant staff member in as many months, with The Last of Us art director Nate Wells departing the studio to join Giant Sparrow. Games Industry reports Wells lists himself as the new art director for Giant Sparrow – the studio behind 2012 PS3-exclusive Unfinished …

DayZ bested Dark Souls II pre-orders to claim the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. Bohemia’s open world survival game continues to set the pace, even months after its Early Access release. Dark Souls II should have enough gusto to overtake it in the coming week …

Over the history of games there have been technology advancements that happened before their time. Sega’s Dreamcast and its online gaming, for instance. Or Nokia’s NGage and its efforts to marry the worlds of mobile phones and portable gaming. Great ideas that would eventually transform the games industry, but at …

It’s cheaper to buy a boxed game with a digital code inside than to just buy the code, says online retailer GamePointsNow. The firm’s MD Simon Ward says publishers are charging retailers more for digital games than physical ones as it eliminates the cost of stock holding and removes the …

The tech firm discusses its open source ambitions with this new free development tool